The Physical, Chemical, and Biological Charac...

The Physical, Chemical, and Biological Characteristics of Ground Water: A Review

Author Name : Ramesh Dabas

ABSTRACT

Fertilizers, pesticides, insecticides, processing wastes and animal wastes etc. are constantly added to the water. Leachate from agricultural land containing nitrates, phosphates, and potash, move downward with percolating water and join the aquifers below posing danger to the ground (well) water. Fertilizers contaminates water and responsible for its high pH, high ammonia, High fluoride content, acidity or alkalinity, organic matter, nitrogen, Phosphorus, and potassium.The copper project is located at Khetri district Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan, India near Singhana river. The groundwater samples of the Khetri copper complex area and its nearby villages are contaminated with chemicals. PH, conductivity, total dissolved solids, total hardness, sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, Boron, silica, fluoride, chloride, nitrate, sulphate, and bicarbonate can be determined with different experimental techniques.Water and soil near mines are contaminated with metals are hazardous to plants and animals. The low pH contaminated water felicitates metal solubility in it, and thus availability of metals from soil to plants, from plants to animals and to human beings.

Key words: Ground water, insecticide, Khetri, Leachate, pH, Potassium, Copper.